Shoe rack



Dec.9, 1941. R. E. E'DMONISON 2,265,724

- .SHOE RACK v I 7 Filed Dec. 23, 1940 part I and a heel receiving part2.

Patented Dec. 9, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOE RACK Robert E.Edmonson, Beaumont, Tex.

Application December 23, 1940, Serial No. 371,416

7 Claims.

This invention relates to shoe forms and more particularly to a devicefor use in connection with shoes which have become wet, to permit thedrying out of the shoe While retaining it in its proper shape, andpreventing the natural tendency to curl.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved and simplifieddevice which can be readily applied to shoes of different sizes Withoutadjustment and which will hold the shoes under proper tension during thedrying.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, andcombinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described andclaimed.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof inwhich like reference characters indicate like parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device applied to a shoe andindicating in dotted lines its application to a shoe having a thickersole;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation showing a modification of thesole engaging notch;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation showing a modified form ofmounting for the lever;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective of the toe and showing a modifiedform of toe engaging member.

Figure 6 is a medial, vertical, longitudinal cross-section throughFigure 5.

Referring to the drawing the improved shoe form comprises a, base havinga sole receiving Preferably the sole receiving part of the base is on ahigher level than the heel receiving part 2, and this sole receivingpart is provided with a plurality of grooves or corrugations 3, whichmay be of any desired shape or arrangement, and the object of which isto permit a free circulation of air between the base and the sole of theshoe to facilitate the drying of the latter. In the embodimentillustrated the toe end of the base is notched as at 4 to receive theend of a lever 5 which is pivoted to the base as by pin 6. The lever 5extends over the base and is provided with a downwardly projecting heellug adapted to fit in and press against the heel of a shoe. The rear end8 of lever 5 serves as a handle and is adapted to be engaged with thebase by means of a spring 9 having a ring l0 on one end which will slipover the handle 8, and being secured by the other end to the base as byhook ll. The pivot end of the lever is provided on its inner face with asole engaging notch [2 which is adapted to seat over the sole of theshoe at the toe and press the sole firmly against the base.

To avoid scarring the sole this notch may be formed by inserting intothe lever a rubber lug l3 as indicated in Fig. 3, thus providing aresilient upper face for the notch l2, or resiliency may be given theentire lever by surrounding the pivot pin 5 with a rubber bushing M asshown in Fig, 4.

For use with ladies shoes or shoes having no projecting sole at the toethe lever 5 may be provided at its pivot end with atoe grip I4 adaptedto seat over the toe of the shoe rather than to engage the sole.

It will be noted that with the sole engaging notch l2 closely adjacentto the fulcrum that relatively slight variations in the thickness of thesole will be proportionately reflected on an exaggerated scale by thefree end of the lever 5 so that the tension on the sole willautomatically be increased in proportion to the thickness of the sole,

Various modification in the precise shape and arrangement of parts willreadily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art but all withinthe scope of the present invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention I claim:

1. A shoe form comprising a base upon which the sole and heel of a shoemay rest, a member mounted on the base for engaging the toe and heel ofthe shoe simultaneously and resilient means for applying pressure tosaid toe and heel holding means.

2. A shoe form comprising a base upon which the sole and heel of a shoemay rest, a member pivotally mounted on the base for engaging the toeand heel of the shoe simultaneously and resilient means for applyingpressure to said toe and heel holding member proportional to thethickness of the sole.

3. A shoe form comprsing a base upon which the sole and heel of a shoemay rest, a lever pivoted to the toe end of the base and having adownwardly directed heel engaging lug adjacent its free end over theheel part of the base and a sole engaging notch adjacent its fulcrum endwith resilient means adapted to associate the free end of the lever tothe rear end of the base.

4. A shoe form comprising a base upon which the sole and heel of a shoemay rest, the face of that portion of the base intended to receive. thesole of the shoe being flat and raised with respect to that portion onwhich the heel is to means associated with the fulcrum end of the leverto permit resilient engagement of the toe of the shoe.

6. The device of claim 3 with the sole engaging notch formed by a rubberlug.

7. The device of claim 3 with a compressible rubber bushing associatedwith the lever pivot.

ROBERT E. EDMONSON.

